40,000 more than the ten year average?
Things should improve in the next couple of years then…….
Montana mule deer rant
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40,000 more than the ten year average?
Things should improve in the next couple of years then…….
MTLabrador
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It’s time to start banishing people from Montana. That’s the only solution.40,000 more than the ten year average?
Nameless Range
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Where's the gofundme for this?
Only an extra 700+ hunters per county. We are a dying breed that’s for sure
I'm not debating that they told you that, but I would bet a lot of money that the increase is nowhere near that. Maybe I would lose the bet, but I think they're messing with you. When I called Helena, the answer was "slightly above last year."
I have the license sales numbers from 2011 to 2021. Resident Deer A totals in 2011 were 148,941. This includes all of the Sportsman Combos that could also have a Deer A tag, plus Deer A only purchases.
In 2021, that same resident total for Deer A was 159,816. That's an increase of 10,875 over ten years. I would seriously doubt that the increase for the one season of 2022 was 4x what the increase was in an entire decade. I could be wrong, but I think someone is jerking your chain.
JEL
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Rs have a super majority in the legislature. Just talk the your local republican and get a referendum going!
MTLabrador
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Hopefully they don’t read the fine print and see that our noble governor would be one of the first to go…
Mtnhunter1
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Yeah, I was stunned when the Warden stated that a few weeks ago. The Warden I talked to the other day confirmed the previous Warden's statement. Two different Wardens, two different days, same statement. I guess that we will see when the 2022 numbers are final??
ShootsManyBullets
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2 guys on the same text thread repeating the same story doesn't make it true.
brocksw
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The stats that Big Fin mentions.
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Montana mule deer Expectations.
Hello, I am new to the forum. My dad is a Midwest whitetail hunter. His dream hunt has always been mule deer. So I have a few points bought for him and I am looking at unit 705 in eastern Montana. I have focused on this part of the state because I have heard there are decent numbers of deer...
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Mtnhunter1
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Thought getting a second opinion was a requirement? Maybe I should seek out a third!
SAJ-99
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Agree on this point. Maybe the wardens talk to each other and one is simply repeating what the other told him? That YOY increase seems so large as to see off my BS alarms. Doesn't mean it's not true, but for me it certainly warrants waiting for the actual data before spreading the news.
brocksw
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An excellent video interview with Dr. Monteith that covers seasonal fat cycles, antler growth/body mass, effects and misconceptions of predation, carrying capacities, etc. A seriously informative video of his and others work, articulated from the horses mouth.
Sounds like a satisfied mule deer hunter to me.
Eric Albus
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As a mule deer doe lactates it affects buck fawns ability to grow antler rest of his life.
This is for a fact. I didn’t know it until my biologist/outfitter buddy informed me a couple years ago. He’d either read the study or been to a continuing Ed coarse, i forget which.
Schaaf
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Gotta love Montana 
At first I thought it might be coyotes till I noticed the back straps gone so cleanly
Schaaf
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#Huntingisconservation
